[{"word":"bearding","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To grow hair on the chin and jaw.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Robin Hood is always shown as bearding the Sheriff of Nottingham."},{"definition":"To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beard","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bearding"]}]